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Originally Posted by Brucelee
If you have a tender on the battery, the cold is no issue, UNLESS it is SO cold that the fluid will freeze. I DON'T know what temp that is but you can find that on the web I bet.
If you are not putting a tender on it, then yes, the battery will die faster in an unheated space.
BTW- the auto stores keep batteries inside the store by the dozens. I don't think that ventilation issue is all that critical but I bet Minn Jim would know.
Good luck.
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Hi,
Ventilation is an issue if the Battery is on a charger, which of course they're not inside a store. Besides, the HVAC system in the store changes the air so frequently that it really is a ventilated place. The same would go for inside a home, especially if you have forced air heating. I would keep it in the basement. I suspect that there is enough traffic that you'll not build-up any noxious fumes or such. Not next to a furnace or pilot light due to the Hydrogen off-gassing. Cold won't hurt it, but won't help either. The electrolyte in a Battery will go down to like -50° before freezing, but the cold can make connections or the plates brittle and more prone to damage, so inside is better. Place it on something like a board or old phone directory to insulate it from a cold concrete floor though...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99